Gibin George Powathil                              
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Department of Applied Mathematics,
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario,
CANADA, N2L 3G1                               
Tel.: (519) 888 4567 x. 7818
Fax: (519) 746 4319  
Email: ggpowath@uwaterloo.ca
 
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Sunnydale Place
Waterloo, Ontario,
CANADA, N2L 4T1                           
Tel.: (519) 568 1945
 
 

Education:

Ph.D: University of Waterloo, Canada  (Candidate 2004 -present ).
(Centre for Mathematical Medicine, Fields, Toronto.)
Research Area: Biomechanics 
Supervisors: Dr. Sivaloganathan and Dr. Tenti.
 
M. Sc (by research).: National University of Singapore, Singapore  (2005).
Thesis: A Heat and Mass Transfer Model for Bread Baking: An Investigation Using Numerical Schemes.
Supervisor: Dr. Lin Ping.  
   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
M. Sc.: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. India.  (2003).
Thesis: Discrete Singular Convolution Methods to Solve Incompressible Flow Problems.
Supervisor: Dr. Y.V.S.S Sanyasiraju.
 
B Sc.: M.G University, Kottayam, Kerala. India.  (2001).
 
 
Research Interests:
 
 Brain Biomechanics,  Stochastic and Continuum modeling of tumor growth. 
 
 
 
Research Experience:
 
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Summer Project in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, India (TIFR, India.)       Topic: Non-linear Partial Differential Equations.
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Master's Research on Incompressible Flows (IIT Madras, India).
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Masters Research on Heat and Mass Transfer. (NUS, Singapore).
 
Awards:
 
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CSIR - UGC (NET) Dec 2002 - Junior Research Fellowship (India) (JRF- CSIR).
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Mira Paul Award (2003) and Silver Medal in IIT Madras for the Top graduating student in Msc Mathematics.
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Institute Merit Award with Silver Medal in IIT Madras for maximum CGPA.
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Summer Research Fellowship from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, India.
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First Rank in University with 98.2% for B.sc.
Teaching  Experience:
 
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TA for MATH 117 - Calculus for Engg (Fall 2005, UW)
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TA for MATH 128 - Calculus 2.   (Winter 2005, U of W)
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TA for MATH 127 - Calculus 1    (Fall 2004, U of W)
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TA for MATH 137 - Calculus 1    (Fall 2004, U of W)
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LAB Instructor for MAPLE and MATLAB (NUS)

Programming Skills:

 Matlab, c/c++, Unix.

Professional Affiliation:

 Member American Mathematical Association.

Centre for Mathematical Medicine, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Canada.